1 Nā, ko te kawe­nata tua­tahi he tikanga kara­kia anō ōna, me tētahi wāhi tapu, he mea nō te ao nei. 2 I hangā hoki tētahi ta­pe­nā­kara, te tua­tahi, i reira te tū­ranga rama, me te tēpu, me te taro aro­aro, tōna ingoa ko te Wāhi Tapu. 3 I tua atu hoki o te rua o ngā ārai, ko te ta­pe­nā­kara, e huaina ana ko te Wāhi Tino Tapu. 4 He tahu kakara kōura i reira me te āka o te kawe­nata, he mea whaka­kiko­rua ngā wāhi katoa ki te kōura, i roto anō i taua mea ko te oko kōura i te mana, ko te toko­toko o Ārona i pihi rā, ko ngā papa o te kawe­nata. 5 I runga atu i tēnei ko ngā Kerupima o te korōria, e whaka­maru­maru ana i te tau­mata o te whaka­mārie­tanga. E kore aua mea e taea te kōrero taki­tahi ināia­nei.

6 Heoi, ka āta rite nei ēnei mea, ka hāere­ere ngā tohu­nga i ngā wā katoa ki te ta­pe­nā­kara tua­tahi, i a rātou e mahi ana i ngā rite­nga kara­kia; 7 ki te tuarua ia kotahi anō te haere­nga atu i te tau, o te tohu­nga nui anake, kīhai anō i mahue ngā toto; i tāpaea atu hoki mōna, mō ngā hē anō o te iwi. 8 Ko tā te Wairua Tapu hoki tēnei i whaka­atu ai, kīanō te hua­rahi ki te Wāhi Tino Tapu i whaka­kitea mai, i te mea e tū ana anō te ta­pe­nā­kara tua­tahi. 9 He āhua tērā mō tēnei wā nei, e tāpaea ai ngā whaka­here me ngā patu­nga tapu, kāhore nei e tau hei mea i te tangata nāna tērā mahi kia tino tika te hine­ngaro; 10 heoi anō o ērā he kainga, he inu­manga, he horoi­nga maha, he tikanga nā te kiko­kiko, he mea whaka­rite mai, ā taea noatia te wā whaka­tika­tika.

11 I te taenga mai ia o te Karaiti hei tohu­nga nui mō ngā mea pai e whai mai ana i muri, he nui atu anō hoki, he tino tika te ta­pe­nā­kara, ehara i te mea hangā nā te ringa­ringa, arā ehara i te mea nō tēnei hanga­nga. 12 Ehara anō hoki i te mea nō ngā koati ngā toto, nō ngā kūao kau rānei, engari nōna ake ngā toto i haere atu ai ia, kotahi tonu te haere­nga, ki roto ki te Wāhi Tino Tapu, i te mea ka whi­whi ki tāna mea hei hoko mai i a tātou mō ake tonu atu. 13 Ki te mea hoki mā ngā toto o ngā pūru, o ngā koati, mā ngā punga­rehu rānei o te kūao kau, he mea tā­uhi­uhi ki te hunga kua poke, ka tapu ai, ka mā ai te kiko­kiko. 14 Tērā atu tō ngā toto o te Karaiti, nāna nei i tāpae atu a ia anō, he mea koha­kore, ki te Atua, i runga i tā te Wairua ora tonu; mā ērā e mā ai ō koutou hine­ngaro i ngā mahi mate, e mahi ai koutou ki te Atua ora.

15 Mō konei anō ia i meinga ai hei Taka­wae­nga mō te kawe­nata hou, kia mate ai ia hei utu mō ngā hē i raro i te kawe­nata tua­tahi, kia riro ai i te hunga e karanga­tia ana te wāhi tūturu mō rātou i kōrero­tia i mua.

16 He ōhākī hoki, ko te mea e whai tikanga ai ko te mate­nga o te tangata nāna i whaka­takoto. 17 Kia mate hoki te tangata, kātahi ka whai mana te ōhākī; ka ū tonu rānei i te mea e ora ana te tangata nāna i whaka­takoto? 18 Koia hoki te mahue ai te toto i te whaka­tapu­nga o te kawe­nata tua­tahi. 19 I te mutu­nga hoki o tā Mohi kōrero i ngā tikanga katoa ki te iwi katoa, hei whaka­rite i tā te ture, ka mau ia ki ngā toto o ngā kūao kau, o ngā koati, ki te wai, ki te huru­huru whero, ki te hihopa, ā, tā­uhi­uhia ana e ia te puka­puka, me te iwi katoa; 20 me tāna kī anō, "Ko ngā toto ēnei o te kawe­nata kua whaka­akona mai nei e te Atua ki a koutou." 21 I tā­uhi­uhia anō hoki e ia ki ngā toto te ta­pe­nā­kara, me ngā oko katoa mō te mahi minita. 22 I runga hoki i te ture, e tata ana ka kīa, e purea ana ngā mea katoa ki te toto; ki te kāhore hoki he ringi­hanga toto, kāhore he muru­nga hara.

23 Koia, i tika ai kia purea ki ēnei ngā rite­nga o ngā mea i te rangi; ko ngā tino mea ia o te rangi ki ngā patu­nga tapu, pai rawa atu i ēnei. 24 Ehara hoki i te mea kua tomo a te Karaiti ki te wāhi tapu i hanga e te ringa­ringa, ki te tauira o te tino wāhi; engari ki te tino rangi pū anō, puta ai ki te aro­aro o te Atua, mō tātou. 25 Ehara anō i te mea kia maha āna tāpae­nga i a ia, kia pērā me te tohu­nga nui e haere nei ki roto ki te Wāhi Tino Tapu i tēnei tau, i tēnei tau, nō ētahi atu anō hoki ngā toto; 26 pēnei kia maha he mamae­tanga mōna, he mea tīmata i te hanga­nga rā anō o te ao. Tēnā ko tēnei kotahi tonu tōna whaka­kite­nga mai i te mutu­nga o ngā wā, hei whaka­kāhore i te hara, i a ia ka meinga hei patu­nga tapu. 27 Nā, kua takoto nei te tikanga mō ngā tāngata kia kotahi tonu te mate­nga, ā muri iho i tēnei ko te whaka­wā; 28 wai­hoki ko te Karaiti, kotahi tonu tōna tāpae­nga atu hei pīkau i ngā hara o te tini, ā, tēnei ake ko te rua o ōna whaka­kite­nga mai, kāhore anō he hara, hei whaka­ora i te hunga e tatari ana ki a ia.